let me begin by saying that I wish for each and everyone reading this to please not judge me. All I want is for the brothers here to listen & tell me their own take on this matter. (please note that I have taken out certain personal issues from the story in order to protect ones identity) Thanks.

So here it goes, a few years ago I was at the point where I was beginning to feel the need to complete the other half of my deen (marriage). I was then just about to begin my Master's Degree hence I thought it would be a good time to begin looking for a Muslim Sister so that when I am done with my degree those period would have given both of us & the family the opportunity to be acquainted. I met a Muslimah on one of these online Muslim dating sites to my surprise she resided a city away from mine roughly about 5 hours. We began talking on the phone not seeing physically of course, she seemed like a decent person and being that we got along so well I thought hey this might be it. Things escalated to a point where she felt we should meet, also I noticed from our conversation that she was more in tuned to getting married due to her high sex drive (sorry I had to mention this) and she was worried something might happen, I gave her my word that I really do not mind seeing her physically but we can communicate on phone until we both are ready & then we can involve parents accordingly. Of which she seemed to object for her own reasons which were unclear to me then, it seemed she wanted to know if I was truly who I claimed to be, so I made few trips over to see her, but then afterwards she kept pressing the issue to get married as soon as possible...
THIS IS WHERE I NEED YOU BROTHERS TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION and I constantly made it clear that I was on the verge of completing my Degree and that it would be better for us to exercise some patience, since we both want to be with each other, we can just wait once am done I will get all parents involved, after all I feel it's the Man that should approach the Woman for her hand,.. she kept pressing. I must say I truly did like the girl but her impatience & approach was what worried me. She kept pressing based on the understanding that she didn't want to commit sin & I assured her I understood that we are indeed supposed to stay away from one another. There even came a point when she convinced me that we could go ahead with the Nikah without her Dad's acknowledgment (My God - I was so st**id & weak)... but it's so funny as Allah would want it, whenever we tried going to the Masjid or calling Imam's up something negative would happen, I was trying to tell her the signs without hurting her feelings but she thought I wasn't serious enough to pursue her. Needless to say her pressure was unbearable as it started affecting my studies... What really gets to me is that she is always stating that she is trying to do the right thing by Allah to get married but I always tell her yes we should do the right thing by Allah but also at the right time, you can't say because you are ready then we have to do a Nikah regardless of my state. I think both couples have to be in sync to do it. I was always made to feel like I was the bad person trying to string her along....

I would like to know if you guys here were in my situation what would you have done, I need to know this so I can see where I went wrong, as I plan to give you all the 2nd part of the story Inshallah.... I am just a bit cautious posting everything here as one can't always be too careful... Thank you all for listening, I seek your opinion and comfort as sometimes I just need someone to listen to me and advice me as the pain from the relationship has cost me my health and overall mental state....

let me begin by saying that I wish for each and everyone reading this to please not judge me. All I want is for the brothers here to listen & tell me their own take on this matter. (please note that I have taken out certain personal issues from the story in order to protect ones identity) Thanks.

So here it goes, a few years ago I was at the point where I was beginning to feel the need to complete the other half of my deen (marriage). I was then just about to begin my Master's Degree hence I thought it would be a good time to begin looking for a Muslim Sister so that when I am done with my degree those period would have given both of us & the family the opportunity to be acquainted. I met a Muslimah on one of these online Muslim dating sites to my surprise she resided a city away from mine roughly about 5 hours. We began talking on the phone not seeing physically of course, she seemed like a decent person and being that we got along so well I thought hey this might be it. Things escalated to a point where she felt we should meet, also I noticed from our conversation that she was more in tuned to getting married due to her high sex drive (sorry I had to mention this) and she was worried something might happen, I gave her my word that I really do not mind seeing her physically but we can communicate on phone until we both are ready & then we can involve parents accordingly. Of which she seemed to object for her own reasons which were unclear to me then, it seemed she wanted to know if I was truly who I claimed to be, so I made few trips over to see her, but then afterwards she kept pressing the issue to get married as soon as possible...
THIS IS WHERE I NEED YOU BROTHERS TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION and I constantly made it clear that I was on the verge of completing my Degree and that it would be better for us to exercise some patience, since we both want to be with each other, we can just wait once am done I will get all parents involved, after all I feel it's the Man that should approach the Woman for her hand,.. she kept pressing. I must say I truly did like the girl but her impatience & approach was what worried me. She kept pressing based on the understanding that she didn't want to commit sin & I assured her I understood that we are indeed supposed to stay away from one another. There even came a point when she convinced me that we could go ahead with the Nikah without her Dad's acknowledgment (My God - I was so st**id & weak)... but it's so funny as Allah would want it, whenever we tried going to the Masjid or calling Imam's up something negative would happen, I was trying to tell her the signs without hurting her feelings but she thought I wasn't serious enough to pursue her. Needless to say her pressure was unbearable as it started affecting my studies... What really gets to me is that she is always stating that she is trying to do the right thing by Allah to get married but I always tell her yes we should do the right thing by Allah but also at the right time, you can't say because you are ready then we have to do a Nikah regardless of my state. I think both couples have to be in sync to do it. I was always made to feel like I was the bad person trying to string her along....

I would like to know if you guys here were in my situation what would you have done, I need to know this so I can see where I went wrong, as I plan to give you all the 2nd part of the story Inshallah.... I am just a bit cautious posting everything here as one can't always be too careful... Thank you all for listening, I seek your opinion and comfort as sometimes I just need someone to listen to me and advice me as the pain from the relationship has cost me my health and overall mental state....

Wa Alaikkum As'alaam

I'm sorry bro but I'm getting negative vibes about the sister. I wonder why she is so impatient? Apart from the sex of course. Anyway, if she truly wanted you and is honest then she would have been patient until you have completed your studies. Another thing that scares me is the fact that she is not too keen to involve her parents. Has she got anything to hide?

Glad to hear from you brother, truly appreciate it. I will start by saying I do not wish to bad mouth her but I am just going to state the mere facts. I too found things funny (bad vibes to be exact) however, being the person I am and a Muslim (Alhamdullah) I thought it was best not to judge her too early but see how it works out but my oh my was I wrong. I think the issue is that yes she does have a tight knit family but I do not know if there is anything to hide within the family but I found it awkward that a Female will press for Marriage especially when I the Male have given her my word that we will do things accordingly (Islamic).

The problem I see is every time I try to be reasonable & Logical with her, that is I tell her as a Man I need to establish myself that way I can provide for my family and not feel the pressure of having to go depend on external factors to do so but I get the feeling that she comes from a background where everything revolves around her and has not come across a Man that will stand his ground, (forgive me if it sounds that I am proud for saying this), right now I am in this relationship knee deep and I need advice in order to proceed. I like her as a person but the character is something that bothers me, she does mean good but I feel sometime is not right, you know that feeling you get but can't be explained. what makes it worse is prior to meeting her I was getting to know another woman that was supposedly Muslim but never chose to practice the religion so when I met this new Girl I am talking about I thought it was from Allah but the last year has been a HUGE TEST OF MY FAITH... It makes me sad that although I know she has fear of Allah no doubt the emphasis on Marriage as if Marriage is going to save ones soul makes me doubt my own understanding of my Religion. It as if she makes me feel I don't understand the essence of marriage.
One thing I know about marriage is I don't want to get into it & then get out real quick - My Parents have nothing but Love for each other & they propagated it to us the children.
Thanks for listening, can't wait to hear back from you

Glad to hear from you brother, truly appreciate it. I will start by saying I do not wish to bad mouth her but I am just going to state the mere facts. I too found things funny (bad vibes to be exact) however, being the person I am and a Muslim (Alhamdullah) I thought it was best not to judge her too early but see how it works out but my oh my was I wrong. I think the issue is that yes she does have a tight knit family but I do not know if there is anything to hide within the family but I found it awkward that a Female will press for Marriage especially when I the Male have given her my word that we will do things accordingly (Islamic).

The problem I see is every time I try to be reasonable & Logical with her, that is I tell her as a Man I need to establish myself that way I can provide for my family and not feel the pressure of having to go depend on external factors to do so but I get the feeling that she comes from a background where everything revolves around her and has not come across a Man that will stand his ground, (forgive me if it sounds that I am proud for saying this), right now I am in this relationship knee deep and I need advice in order to proceed. I like her as a person but the character is something that bothers me, she does mean good but I feel sometime is not right, you know that feeling you get but can't be explained. what makes it worse is prior to meeting her I was getting to know another woman that was supposedly Muslim but never chose to practice the religion so when I met this new Girl I am talking about I thought it was from Allah but the last year has been a HUGE TEST OF MY FAITH... It makes me sad that although I know she has fear of Allah no doubt the emphasis on Marriage as if Marriage is going to save ones soul makes me doubt my own understanding of my Religion. It as if she makes me feel I don't understand the essence of marriage.
One thing I know about marriage is I don't want to get into it & then get out real quick - My Parents have nothing but Love for each other & they propagated it to us the children.
Thanks for listening, can't wait to hear back from you

Alaikkum Salaam

Also Islamically and in the natural order of things, a man is the head of the household and the wife is supposed to listen to and obey the husband and not the other way around. If she is bossy then I can see problems in the marriage and I'm presuming that you don't like to be ordered around by a woman.

My advise would be to not to rush into marriage, take your time as there are millions of good Muslimah's out there. You just have to find her Insha'Allah.

If it makes you happy I've never understood women and I don't I ever will. :)

I truly appreciate your advice, you are right about not rushing into marriage as I really don't want to. I too am having a great deal trying understand women's way of thinking, I am by no means trying to put them down but it seems to me a lot of times their reasoning appears not to be logical and purely based on feelings... Feelings can most of the time get one in hot water. Also, I agree with you on the point that there are millions of wonderful Muslimah's out there however, I must be honest with you my brother, it seems its getting so difficult to find one - and believe me I have tried approaching the Masjid few times but you really don't want to hear my experience with that approach... Thanks my Brother, you have been wonderful, just being there for me..

I truly appreciate your advice, you are right about not rushing into marriage as I really don't want to. I too am having a great deal trying understand women's way of thinking, I am by no means trying to put them down but it seems to me a lot of times their reasoning appears not to be logical and purely based on feelings... Feelings can most of the time get one in hot water. Also, I agree with you on the point that there are millions of wonderful Muslimah's out there however, I must be honest with you my brother, it seems its getting so difficult to find one - and believe me I have tried approaching the Masjid few times but you really don't want to hear my experience with that approach... Thanks my Brother, you have been wonderful, just being there for me..

Alaikkum As'alaam

Bro sometimes we have to make decisions that are really hard but in the end it will be for our own good. This girl seems to have the opposite personaltiy to yourself and I can see problems down the line. So isn't it better to move on and find somebody who is more compatible to your way of thinking? From the case you have presented she is not compatible. To be hoest, she doesn't come across as a true Muslimah as she is pushing you and trying to control you. A true Muslimah will respect the man and listen to him rather than trying to order him around. She will know her place, even if it sounds sexist.

Just a short coment, you seem to be a very nice guy. And she kind of uposite... Normally it is the other way around.

This shows abit about your personality, and a good advice - do not change! And, eventually, her or another girl, someone will be happy to have you. So with this in your mind, take care, take your time, and do not do anything before you have been thinking it through.. As mentioned, someone will be happy to have you, and the one it will be will appriciate you. If not, they serioucly does not diserve you.. So take your time!!! And no matter what you figure out, you are doing the correct!!

Thanks for your soothing words, so nice to see and hear from good people like yourself in this forum. You are right when you say the right person will come along. I don't mean to sound arrogant but I think my problem at times is due to my calm humble nature, this at times makes others not take my words or action seriously. When I convey my idea in a polite manner to her (the girl I was talking about) she takes it as if am not serious or am too laid back. Whatever the case is, you are right - us2inNorway, the one that will appreciate will come along. One thing I want to share with people here is that, do not let a woman push you around, physically or mentally, (no disrespect to them). From now on, if I say NO I mean NO. Thanks Man , and also huge thanks to AbuLoren previously

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